Chandigarh to Dubai flight resumes from today; to operate under air bubble arrangement

Under the air bubble arrangement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Chandigarh International Airport Limited (CHIAL) has resumed its Dubai flight from March 14.

Indigo Airlines will operate its flight four days a week — Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The flight will be operated under the air bubble arrangement till March 26. It will arrive at 6-20 am and depart at 9-15 pm with the one-side fare of around Rs 10,000.

Chief Executive Officer, CHAIL, Rakesh Dembla said Indigo Airlines was resuming its flight from March 14 to March 26 under the air bubble arrangement, after which it would be a regular flight as all international flights would resume from March 27.

At present, only Air India Express is operating an international flight to Sharjah twice a week — Tuesday and Friday — from the city airport.

Dembla, CEO, Chandigarh International Airport Limited (CHIAL), said apart from resuming the Dubai flight, a plan to increase domestic flights from 56 to 76 (both arrivals and departures) is also in progress. With this, most of the country will be covered by Chandigarh. Currently, there are 56 flights (both arrivals and departures) from the city airport to various destinations, including Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Delhi, Lucknow, Mumbai, Kullu, Srinagar, Patna, Jaipur, Dharamsala, Leh, Goa, Pune, Ahmedabad and Kolkata.